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A Mother of Influence. Proverbs 22:6 Page 1017 Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Page 284. Quotes:.
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A Mother of Influence Proverbs 22:6 Page 1017 Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Page 284
Quotes: A man leaves all kinds of footprints when he walks through life. Some you can see, like his children and his house. Others are invisible, like the prints he leaves across other people's lives: the help he gives them and what he has said-his jokes, gossip that has hurt others, encouragement. A man doesn't think about it, but everywhere he passes, he leaves some kind of mark. Margaret Lee Runbeck
Quotes: God rarely allows a soul to see how great a blessing he is. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)
Quotes: It is the most natural thing to be like the person you live with most, therefore live most with Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)
Quotes: The people who influence you are people who believe in you. Henry Drummond (1851-1897)
Traits of a Godly MOTHER M – A Model for Friends and Family. O – Obedient to God’s Word T – Trustworthy in All Things H – Hospitable to Others E – The Source of Encouragement R – Respectful to Others. This week did you honour your Mother and all of those who have a godly influence in your life.
Verses to Consider: Proverbs 22:6 (Page 1017) Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
6 Phases of Influence: Initiate – In your life. Communicate – 0-3 years Demonstrate 3-5 years Participate 6-12 years Evaluate 13-18 years Congratulate 18-end.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Page 284 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. (Initiate)
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Page 284 7 Impress them on your children. (communicate) Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (demonstrate) 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (participate and evaluate)
How Were You influenced? How did your mother influence you? What do you want to model and what do you wish to do better? In our home…
Being An Influence: Influence on purpose: Lead them by, and to, the standard: Work as a team – You have more influence as husband and wife then you do as mother and father. Children need security. Make time: Correct in times of non- crisis – show them what right looks like. Guide with moral reasoning:
Being An Influence: Set up dialogue when you can: Encourage more than correct, and correct more than you rebuke: Let them earn your trust and show them that they can trust you: Lead them into God’s Love: Never give up because God has not given up on you!
Next Week – New Series! How to start growing. How to keep growing. Increasing growth. Finishing the race.